Mar 22, 2021 08:00:00

An unknown illness similar to the fatal illness 'Kreuzfeldt-Jakob disease' with no cure has been confirmed, and some have died

On March 17, 2021, the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced that 'In New Brunswick, Canada, a case of an unknown disease showing symptoms similar to the lethal neurodegenerative disease ' Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 'for which no cure has been found. At least 42 cases have been confirmed. '

Une maladie inconnue frappe le Nouveau-Brunswick | Radio-Canada.ca
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1777805/maladie-inconnue-nouveau-brunswick

New Brunswick monitoring more than 40 cases of unknown neurological disease | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mad-cow-disease-public-health-1.5953478

According to inside information of medical institutions obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 42 cases of neurodegenerative diseases of unknown origin were confirmed and reported to the Medical Society and Medical Association of New Brunswick. The first case was confirmed in 2015, 11 in 2019, another 24 in 2020, and finally 42, with 5 deaths already.

This disease is so seen symptoms such as significant atrophy of the sleep disorders and movement disorders, muscle and brain, prion disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which is a kind of, is the same type of prion disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( It is very similar to 'mutant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ' caused by the same pathogen as BSE).

The disease has only been identified in certain areas of New Brunswick, such as the Acadian Peninsula and Moncton , at the time of writing, but the exact cause of the disease is unknown. The disease is not hereditary and can be transmitted from water, food or air, according to a study by Alier Marrero, a neurologist at the Dumont University Hospital Center , a medical institution in New Brunswick. There is a possibility that it was done. Marrero said, 'Although it shows symptoms of prion disease, there is no evidence to determine that it is prion disease,' he said, refraining from making an immediate decision.